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Russia From 1917-1939
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Hanging Order
Lenin issues his famous ‘hanging order’, demanding the public execution of a hundred kulaks in Penza. -
Assasination Atempt on Lenin
An assassination attempt leaves Lenin seriously wounded -
Attack on Bolsheviks
White Armies attack the Bolsheviks from all directions but the Red Army is finally victorious.White Armies attack the Bolsheviks from all directions but the Red Army is finally victorious. -
Russian Civil War
Russian civil war ends -
NEP
Russian economy was about to crash, creating the New Economics Policy, or (NEP), in 1921 to allow some capitalist ventures to exist. -
Peasant Grain
Peasant unrest sweeps Russia. These risings are suppressed but the New Economic Policy is proclaimed that gives the peasants the right to sell their grain surpluses -
Bullet Removal
Doctors operate on Lenin’s neck to remove a bullet still lodged there since the August 1918 assassination attempt. -
Elected Legislature
Comusnists produced a Constitution. This was a mix of Democratic and Socialist ideals giving all citizens 18 an older the right to vote. -
(U.S.S.R.)
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) is established -
Scissors Crisis
The ‘scissors crisis’, a gross difference in between the availability and prices of agricultural and manufactured goods, reaches its peak. -
Pravda
Lenin’s last article, on the development of the Soviet bureaucracy, appears in the communist newspaper Pravda. -
Lenin Died
Lenin died and they had preserved his body in a glass coffin in Red Square for over 65 years for people to come see. -
Five-Year Plans
In 1928, Stalin had created the first of many Five-Year Plans, to strive for building heavy industy, increasing farm output, and improving transportation. -
Grain Production
During 1930's Grain Production has been riding. Although Vegtables, Meats, and Fruits had still remained in a short supply. Having enough available food to feed everyone was a remaining problem in the Soviet Union. -
Death Senctence
More than 20,000 people are sentenced to death in the Soviet Union in 1930 -
Peasants are Deported
1.8 million peasants are deported in 1930-31, about 300,000 die and more than 100,000 are used in labor camps to contribute to the economy (railways, canals, mines, construction...) -
The Great Purge
In 1934, Stalin had launched his reign of terror, or mostly known as "The Great Purge." During this he had his own secret police that would carry out his orders for him. -
Gulag
More than 500,000 people are held in the Gulag -
Show Trials
From 1936-1938, Stalin had staged a series of spectacular public show trials in Moscow. -
Soviet Union's Victory
Led by general Georgy Zhukov, the Soviet Union defeats Japan in the battle of Khalkin Gol
